Major Additions - 8WayRun.Com - Media Library

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This is a new modification, spawning from the old VB 3.x Video Directory modifications.
For all intents and purposes, both my old Video Directory Remixed mod, and Survivor's original Video Directory mod have been discontinued. Neither of us are maintaining these older versions, they will not receive any future updates and we will not be providing any support. This version has a new name because it has been completely rewritten from scratch and is not being built on Survivor's old code. Because of this, if you are upgrading to this new version, from the old version, be sure to read this entire post in order to understand the upgrade process.

What is this mod?
Simply put, this mod is a directory for media. It supports URL inputs, in order to extract meta data and directorize media into a simple and easy to understand library. Users can add their favorite media from a select few online distribution centers (such as Youtube or Vimeo) and categorize and tag them as they see fit. This mod offers rudimentary support for the hosting of local media. An administrator can upload a media to the /customVID/ (default) directory; then add the media to the library using the URL code of "local:filename". Media hosted locally will be displayed using JWPlayer, but will not provide meta data, so that kind of information will need to be entered manually.

Demo:

http://www.8wayrun.com/media.php

Features:

• Integrated directly into the vBulletin user database and product manager.
• Fully phrased and built on tempaltes for easy re-skinning and styling.
• Simple to use administration features and usergroup permission settings.
• Landing page with the most recent, most popular and highest rated media.
• Ability to add media into a single category, while adding multiple tags.
• Ability to browse media through categories, tags, and user contributions.
• Summary tag cloud with a link to the entire list of tags in the system.
• Comment and rating system based on AJAX including graceful degredation.
• Individual RSS Feeds for newest videos, categories, tags and user media.
• Search function for titles and descriptions.

Installation:

If you are upgrading from before version 1.1, please install that version first.

1. Upload all the files in the "upload" directory of the attached zip file to your forum root.
2. CHMOD the /customVID/thumbs/ directory to full read/write/execute 777 permissions.
3. CHMOD the /customVID/sitemap/ directory to full read/write/execute 777 permissions.
4. Import the product file called "product-medialibrary.xml" in the Product Manager of vBulletin.
5. Set your usergroup permissions and media library settings in your administration control panel.
6. OPTIONAL: Enable the "Generate XML Media Sitemap" scheduled task in your administration control panel.
   
   NOTES: Make sure you decide what you wish to use for your thumbnail quality setting. By default, thumbnails are saved at 50% quality. At 50%, thumbnails will only be 2kb in size, but at the expense of quality. At 100%, thumbnails will be about 15kb in size, but will have the highest quality. I recommend setting it to 80%, which would leave thumbnails at 5kb in size with still excellent quality.
   
   Every time you change your thumbnail quality setting, you will need to run the "Rebuild Media Thumbnails" to see any changes.

Upgrading from VDR:

1. The "video*" tables from your previous installation of VDR need to exist in your database.
2. Enable the "media ADMIN import" plugin in the plugin manager of your control panel.
3. Run the "Import Media from VDR" process in your update counters menu in maintenance.
4. Disable the "media ADMIN import" plugin in the plugin manager of your control panel.
5. Run the "Rebuild Media Thumbnails" process in your update counters menu in maintenance.
6. You may now uninstall VDR once you confirm everything has been imported as intended.
   
   NOTES: You will mostly likely get at least one error while rebuilding media thumbnails...
   
   When you get an error, click the details link for that media. If the media displays some sort of error such as "This video has been removed" or "This video no longer exist", then that means that media is gone and you'll be unable to generate a thumbnail for that particular media. Use the available options on that media's detail page to DELETE it from your library. Then go back to your browser window which is rebuilding thumbnails and click the "retry from this position" link.
   
   If you got an error for a media, but after clicking the details link you can find no obvious error with the video; then the error could have just been a simple syn/ack failure. Just click the "retry from this position" link and the system will try to rebuild that thumbnail again.

Known Bugs:

There is a conflict with this modification and some of Valter's VSA modifications that will prevent navbar permissions from being handled correctly. I don't know exactly who's fault it is; but I'm pretty sure there are no errors in my code that would be causing this problem. There is a work around for this however.

Admin Control Panel > Plugins & Products > Plugin Manager > "media NAVTAB"

Find the code:

    $perms = media_permissions();

Replace with:

$perms['rate'] = true;
$perms['comment'] = true;
$perms['submit'] = true;
$perms['playlist'] = true;
 
if (is_member_of($vbulletin->userinfo, explode(',','5,6')))
{
    $perms['modtags'] = true;
    $perms['modcategory'] = true;
    $perms['modservice'] = true;
}

[Devil_Dog]

Originally Posted by Jaxel

I didnt even know mediafire hosted videos... Send me a link to a video.

If you have a pro account you can stream from it. PM coming to you.

Thanks

[Wajdan]

Dear coder, I have vbseo installed and I request you to look in to it because I cannot un-install vbseo just for it. This would be great if it can be worked with vbseo as well. This is awsome plugin and you are a great coder.

[coolankur49]

Guys, can anyone help me creating a random video block on forums page

[hotslot]

Originally Posted by Jaxel

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ssssdddaas

This is the correct format for the media url... however this is a PASSWORD PROTECTED show, so it will not work in the public Media Library.

Um, I can't get this to work at all.

"
Could not parse media URL.
"

For any media url on that website,.

[ruderobb]

Might be that I am dumb, but what does the "depth" actually do? Also, anyway to have sub-categories?

Thanks!

[basilrath]

Looks like it has an issue with vb 4.0.7

This code is present everytime any video is uploaded even when it isnt duplicate although the video does work and shows etc just db error shows and it doesnt create thread , which it did in 4.0.6

PHP Code:

Database error in vBulletin 4.0.7:

Invalid SQL:
INSERT INTO media_tag
    (tagText, dateline)
VALUES
    ('table tennis british league', '1285679124');

MySQL Error   : Duplicate entry 'table tennis british leag' for key 2
Error Number  : 1062
Request Date  : Tuesday, September 28th 2010 @ 02:05:24 PM
Error Date    : Tuesday, September 28th 2010 @ 02:05:24 PM
Script        : http://www.tabletennistalk.co.uk/forum/media.php
Referrer      : http://www.tabletennistalk.co.uk/forum/media.php
IP Address    : 92.17.90.137 


[Jaxel]

Basilrath, the length of your tags is limited by the length of tags settings in VB. However, when I run the insert tag process, I don't strip the inserted tag and check for it; it checks for how it's entered into the database. I will fix this for the future, but the reason why this is happening is because you are putting the tag "table tennis british league"; then the system goes to check if that tag already exists and it doesn't. However, the system then strips the tag to "table tennis british leag"... which DOES already exist. I will fix this for next version...

Just so people know... this next version will probably be the LAST vB4 version of this mod. I'm done with vB4 and plan on moving over to XenForo as soon as I can. If you have any requests, get them in now.

[cherylferraro]

So after then next update you're abandoning this mod?

Wish I had known that before I sent you that $50...

[basilrath]

Originally Posted by Jaxel

Basilrath, the length of your tags is limited by the length of tags settings in VB. However, when I run the insert tag process, I don't strip the inserted tag and check for it; it checks for how it's entered into the database. I will fix this for the future, but the reason why this is happening is because you are putting the tag "table tennis british league"; then the system goes to check if that tag already exists and it doesn't. However, the system then strips the tag to "table tennis british leag"... which DOES already exist. I will fix this for next version...

Just so people know... this next version will probably be the LAST vB4 version of this mod. I'm done with vB4 and plan on moving over to XenForo as soon as I can. If you have any requests, get them in now.

Nice one Jaxel

Any quick fix until then - or just keep tags short

[ruderobb]

Originally Posted by ruderobb

Might be that I am dumb, but what does the "depth" actually do? Also, anyway to have sub-categories?

Thanks!

Anyone care to help out a newbie?